Choosing a Pest Control Company: What Eats Ticks? Study Puts an Old Technique to New Use

Closeup of a tick on a wood surface, from slightly above and in front of the tick. The tick's legs and head are dark brown, as is a roughly circular area on the front half of its back. The rest of the tick's body is medium rusty red in color. The tick's two front legs are raised upward in a "questing" stance (though the tick's front right leg is pointed directly toward the camera and is thus hard to see because it is viewed end-on and is out of focus).

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A new study uses stable isotope labeling to mark tick nymphs and detect if they've been consumed by soil predators such as spiders, beetles, centipedes, and mites. Interactions between ticks and soil arthropods aren't well understood, and the study marks the first known use of isotope labeling to identify tick predators. [Read more]

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Choosing a Pest Control Company

Tuesday 23 January 2024

What Eats Ticks? Study Puts an Old Technique to New Use

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